4 killed, 14 others wounded across Chicago

Four males - 17, 30, 34 and 23 years old - were killed and at least 5 others wounded in a three-hour stretch Friday night in shootings on the city's South Side. At least 13 people survived shootings between 4:15 p.m. Friday and early Saturday morning.

The first of three homicides happened about 5:45 p.m. in the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood. A 30-year-old man, identified as Noah Cruz by the Cook County medical examiner's office, was shot to death in the 3100 block of South Wallace Street and pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County. He lived in the 800 block of West 31st Street. Police weren’t able to provide details about that shooting.

Someone opened fire near 79th Street and Drexel Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood, hitting a 42-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. The boy, identified as Lucian Dreux by the Cook County medical examiner's office, died. He was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County. The woman was shot in the leg and also taken to Stroger hospital.

Another man, 34, was killed about 8 p.m. Someone shot him in the 8800 block of South Prairie Avenue in the West Chesterfield neighborhood. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified him as Phillip McCall, of the 200 block of East 89th Street. He was shot six times in the park next to McDade Classical Elementary School, police said, about two blocks from his home. People nearby only heard the gunfire and saw a single person running away.

About 2:30 a.m., a 23-year-old man was killed in the 4900 block of South Drexel Boulevard. Stephin L. Williams, of the 4000 block of South Lake Park Avenue was sitting in a car eating with his girlfriend when two men, one of whom was armed, walked up and announced a robbery, police and his family said.

Williams tried to fight back but was not successful. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 3:10 a.m., a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Police are questioning two people in connection with that homicide.

His mother, Tanya Williams said her son worked at a local Walgreens and Starbucks and was attending school to be a registered nurse in Rantoul before transferring back to Chicago. He also served as the main caregiver for his 95-year-old grandfather, said his mother.

"He was a good man," said Tanya Williams, sobbing on the telephone. "My baby didn't know them, my baby didn't live by the gun he don't live by the sword. My baby was a good baby."

A man was shot in the leg in the Little Village neighborhood about 6:30 a.m. The 24-year-old was wounded 2800 block of South Spaulding Avenue and is in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was approached by four men and shot by one in what police are saying might have been a robbery.

Before 4 a.m. a man was shot in the leg in an east-west alley where it intersects with Orleans Street between Chicago Avenue and Ontario Street. One person is in custody, police said, though additional details weren't immediately available. Police had problems with a crowd that gathered after the shooting but the street was open as of 4:25 a.m. Evidence markers were laid next to at least four shell casings in the alley.

About 4:08 a.m., a 19-year-old man was critically wounded during a shooting in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said.

The shooting happened in the 4900 block of West Hubbard Street. The man was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right side. Witnesses said the victim had had an earlier argument with someone on the block, O'Brien said.

Just before 2 a.m. two men and a woman were shot near Oakley Boulevard and Ohio Street, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Someone inside a passing car opened fire at a handful of people drinking in front of a house during the tail end of a party, hitting a 42-year-old man and a 21-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, police said. Police weren't able to offer a description of the car or a direction of the car's travel.

A male was shot in the leg in the 8700 block of South Honore Street about 12:10 a.m., Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Additional details about that shooting weren't available.

About 8:40 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the head near 79th Street and Champlain Avenue, police said. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County. He’s still listed in critical condition.

About 8:30 p.m., a male was shot in the lower back in the 8000 block of South Paulina Street and is in critical condition at Christ Hospital, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss said. Police said a second person suffered a graze wound in that attack.

A 15-year-old girl is in critical but stable condition at Comer Children's Hospital after she was shot, possibly in an accident, about 7 p.m. in the 0-100 block of 112th Street, police said.

Two people, a 38-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, were shot in the 800 block of West 50th Street about 4:15 p.m. Friday. They were on a porch when they heard shots and felt pain, police said.